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ASB 222 FINAL EXAM 2023
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ASB 222 FINAL EXAM 2023 Four methods for chronometrically dating the past are Potassium-Argon dating, Radio Carbon dating, Historical documents, and - ANSWER lithics ... or survey.. probably lithics Archaeology applies scientific methods and theories to the material remains of past cultures to understand human behavior. - ANSWER True Radiocarbon dating can date things that lived up to 500,000 years ago. - ANSWER false When an archaeologist attempts to find sites with a conservation goal in mind, s/he is trying to identify the potential damage of a proposed project by finding any archaeological sites in its path. - ANSWER true The goals of archaeology include: - ANSWER A. Discovering evidence of the human past B. Reconstructing cultural history around the world C. Reconstructing past lives and societies ALL OF THE ABOVE !! The archaeological remains of bands and tribes are generally more difficult to find than that of chiefdoms and states. - ANSWER true Archaeologists that live in other cultures to learn about how artifacts are are made and used are called: - ANSWER ethnoarchaeologists Archaeology without excavation - ANSWER is a hypothesis Archaeological theories - ANSWER A. Explain and describe the past B. Provide a broad explanatory framework for material evidence C. Are based on existing evidence and research ALL OF ABOVE Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to each other by which layer with which they are associated. - ANSWER true Which of the following technologies were widespread among Homo Sapiens during the last glaciation? - ANSWER A. Control of fire B. Specialized weapons C. Built shelters ALL OF THE ABOVE What tool tradition, featuring standardized bifaces, was produced by Homo erectus? - ANSWER Acheulean Of the following, what were the two main challenges people had to overcome in colonizing the Americas? - ANSWER Living in subarctic environments and traveling from Alaska to the rest of the American continents Human evolution is not a straight line but rather has many evolutionary dead ends and branches. - ANSWER true The second human diaspora, when humans colonized much of the planet, including Australia, and the Americas, occurred when? - ANSWER 10-50 kya When do biologically modern humans appear in the archaeological record? - ANSWER 200 kya You are an archaeologist excavating a site and you find an artifact of a type you've never seen before. Which method would NOT help you figure out what the artifact was used for in the past? - ANSWER Survey The two major hypotheses explaining the origins of modern humans are - ANSWER The multiregional model vs the out- of-Africa model ____ is the location of an artifact in an archaeological site. - ANSWER Provenience The hominins that exited Africa during the first out of Africa migration were anatomically modern humans. - ANSWER true The beginning of the Neolithic coincides with the end of the Younger Dryas, which was a short period of - ANSWER Cooling Phytoliths are plentiful in the archaeological record because: - ANSWER They areThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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